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Ajax Security Team

Also reported as Rocket Kitten, Flying Kitten, Operation Woolen-Goldfish, Group 26, SaffronRose and 13 other names. Linked to Iran by three sources.

Reports
69
Last reported
Known CVEs
31
Techniques in ATT&CK
6
Origin
Iran
ID
G0130
Merge evidence
17 alias matches

Reports per quarter

  1. 2014 Q2: 5 reports
  2. 2014 Q3: 4 reports
  3. 2014 Q4: 1 report
  4. 2015 Q1: 4 reports
  5. 2015 Q2: 4 reports
  6. 2015 Q3: 2 reports
  7. 2015 Q4: 1 report
  8. 2016 Q1: 1 report
  9. 2016 Q2: 2 reports
  10. 2016 Q3: 2 reports
  11. 2016 Q4: 3 reports
  12. 2017 Q1: 9 reports
  13. 2017 Q2: no reports
  14. 2017 Q3: 2 reports
  15. 2017 Q4: 3 reports
  16. 2018 Q1: 1 report
  17. 2018 Q2: no reports
  18. 2018 Q3: 1 report
  19. 2018 Q4: 1 report
  20. 2019 Q1: 5 reports
  21. 2019 Q2: no reports
  22. 2019 Q3: 1 report
  23. 2019 Q4: no reports
  24. 2020 Q1: 2 reports
  25. 2020 Q2: no reports
  26. 2020 Q3: no reports
  27. 2020 Q4: no reports
  28. 2021 Q1: 1 report
  29. 2021 Q2: no reports
  30. 2021 Q3: 1 report
  31. 2021 Q4: no reports
  32. 2022 Q1: 2 reports
  33. 2022 Q2: 5 reports
  34. 2022 Q3: no reports
  35. 2022 Q4: no reports
  36. 2023 Q1: 1 report
  37. 2023 Q2: no reports
  38. 2023 Q3: no reports
  39. 2023 Q4: no reports
  40. 2024 Q1: no reports
  41. 2024 Q2: no reports
  42. 2024 Q3: 1 report
  43. 2024 Q4: no reports
  44. 2025 Q1: no reports
  45. 2025 Q2: no reports
  46. 2025 Q3: no reports
  47. 2025 Q4: no reports
  48. 2026 Q1: no reports
  49. 2026 Q2: 4 reports
Dated reports, 2014 Q2 to 2026 Q2.

Techniques in ATT&CK

Listed by ATT&CK

No report from the last two years names a technique ID.

CVEs named in reports

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KEV marks a CVE in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, and “ransomware” marks one that the catalog records as used in ransomware campaigns.

Reports

  1. Charming Kitten

    date ORKL added it fromORKL

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  1. Current Iran-Associated Cyber Threats

    file creation date Symantec fromORKL

  2. New steps to protect customers from hacking

    date in the title fromORKL

  3. Iran’s Cyber Ecosystem- Who Are the Threat Actors-

    date in the title fromORKL

  4. Iran_Cyber_Final_Full_v2

    file creation date fromORKL

  5. Charming Kitten: Iranian Cyber Espionage Against Human Rights Activists

    Malpedia library date Clearsky fromORKLCCS '25 data

  6. Anomali - Iran Country Profile relating to Security.pdf

    file creation date fromORKL

  7. Magic Hound Campaign Attacks Saudi Targets

    date in the title fromORKL

  8. Magic Hound Campaign Attacks Saudi Targets

    date in the CCS '25 data Palo Alto Networks fromORKLCCS '25 data

  9. Rocket Kitten

    date in the title fromORKL

  10. Rocket Kitten

    Malpedia library date fromORKL

  11. Cyber warfare_ Iran opens a new front - FT

    date in the CCS '25 data Financial Times (FT) fromORKLCCS '25 data

  12. Rocket Kitten: A Campaign With 9 Lives

    Malpedia library date Checkpoint fromORKL

  13. The Spy Kittens Are Back: Rocket Kitten 2

    date in the CCS '25 data Trend Micro fromORKLCCS '25 data

  14. An Iranian Cyber-Attack Campaign Against Targets In The Middle East

    date in the CCS '25 data Clearsky fromORKLCCS '25 data

  15. Operation Woolen-Goldfish When Kittens Go Phishing

    Malpedia library date Trend Micro fromORKLCCS '25 data

  16. Global Threat Intel Report

    Malpedia library date Crowdstrike fromORKL

  17. Cylance_Operation_Cleaver_Report

    date in the CCS '25 data Cylance fromORKLCCS '25 data

  18. Operation Saffron Rose

    file creation date fromORKL

  19. Sayad (Flying Kitten) Infostealer - malware analysis

    date in the CCS '25 data Vinsula fromORKLCCS '25 data

  20. Molerats, Here for Spring!

    date in the title fromORKL

  21. Operation Saffron Rose

    date in the CCS '25 data FireEye fromORKLCCS '25 data

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